I have BCBS-IL, they said my co-pay for gastric bypass is $250. That's good to know!

That's awesome!!!

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I have bcbs of il I hope my copay is that good. How quickly did they come back with preauthorization? I have my last nutrtional appointment June 6 and then it's sent off for preauthorization.

I have Horizon BC/BS and my co-pay was $250.00 also, that was for the hospital stay. It was awesome that they covered everything !!!.

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Hi my name is Tammy and I also have horizon was it easy getting approve, what did u have to do as far as getting it going

Hi my name is Tammy and I also have horizon was it easy getting approve, what did u have to do as far as getting it going

Hi Tammy... it was very easy to get approved. I have a PPO from Horizon BC/BS, it all depends on what plan you have as well. My suregons office know exactly what to do to get approved. It all depends on your surgeon and what they require. I first had to go to a class, after the class, if you were interested in having surgery you booked a consult appointment with the surgeon, at the consult I discussed the 3 different opitons, RNY, lapband and sleeve. Once you decide on which one you want then he makes a list of things you need to have done before surgery and things you need for insurance submission. There is testing involved depending on how much you have to loose and your overall health. I needed a colonoscopy, endoscopy, sleep apena test along with the standard neutritional classes and pysc. evaluation. Once you have the items completed for insurance submission at that point the insurance coordinator at my surgeons office submits everything to your insurance compnay. It took 4 days for a response from mine. Other insurance companyies require a 6 month supervised diet etc. I was lucky that I didn not have to have that. My BMI was 37 with high B/P and high cholestrol.

That's great I go tomorrow to see the surgeon and we'll see, I'm praying it goes as smooth as us.

I have Horizon BC/BC and I have to do the 6 month pre approval diet